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May 25, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Asian Athletics Championships 2025: Lankan team features experience and youth

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) is scheduled to send a young and experienced group of 20 athletes for the 26th Asian Athletics Championships 2025, set to take place in Gumi,...

May 22, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Runners-up of the 2025 South Asian Junior Youth Table Tennis Tournament meet the Sports Minister.

Mohammed Usaith Yazmin, a 20-year-old gangly southpaw from Kandy arose as the hero for Sri Lanka at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Boxing Championships when he carried into...

May 22, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Mihiran suffer shock overthrow in Asian Under 22 and Youth Boxing Championship semi-finals

Mohammed Usaith Yazmin, a 20-year-old gangly southpaw from Kandy arose as the hero for Sri Lanka at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Boxing Championships when he carried into...

May 22, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

New schedule publicized for National Sports Festival

The Department of Sports Development announced the new timetable for the 29th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) 2025, which will be organised by the Ministry of Sports....

May 16, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sumedha and Nadeeka to skipper SriLanka at Asian Meet

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has called two international level athletes, Sumedha Ranasinghe and Nadeeka Lekamge as the Men’s and Women’s Captain for the 26th Asian Senior Athletic Championship 2025.The...

May 8, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Abeykoon in relay afterwards 2019

Sri Lanka’s star sprinter and Olympian Yupun Abeykoon is set to contest in a relay event for the first time in six years at the Dubai Grand Prix, as...

April 27, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sri Lanka be eligible for mixed 4x400m relay at World Athletics Relays 2025

Sri Lanka has qualified to contest in the mixed 4x400m Relay at the World Athletics Relays 2025, arranged for 10 and 11 May in Guangzhou, China. The team secured...

April 19, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships

Sri Lanka won the silver medal in the women’s medley relay event at the Asian under 18 Athletics Championships, make safe a new national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes....

April 19, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Tharushi wins gold medal at 6th Asian JAC

Tharushi Abhisheka of Wickramabahu Central College, Gampola, who represented Sri Lanka in the 800-meter event at the 6th Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships, gained the first and only gold medal...

April 18, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Lahiru and Sewmini wins at Asian Under 18 Meet

Sewmini Fernando of Lyceum, Wattala gained a silver Medal and Lahiru Achintha of St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura won a bronze Medal on the second day of the Sixth Asian...

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